Prealgebra (7th Edition)

by Martin-Gay, Elayn

Published by Pearson

ISBN 10: 0321955048

ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Chapter 7 - Test - Page 528: 24

Answer

The tax rate is 9%.

Work Step by Step

Write an equation or computing sales tax and solve for the unknown. Let p be the percentage. $152.99\times p=13.77$ $152.99p\div152.99=13.77\div152.99$ $p=0.09=9$%

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